A Study on the Relation Between Communication in the Family and the Home Management Behavior

Original Article

Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association 1992;30(3):241-256.

논문편 : " 가족내 의사소통과 가정관리행동 " - 부산시 주부를 중심으로 -

이정우, 이정숙

숙명여자대학교 가정관리학과

A Study on the Relation Between Communication in the Family and the Home Management Behavior

Jung Woo Lee, Jung Sook Lee

ABSTRACT

The purpose of this study is to investigate the relation between housewives' home management behavior and communication in the family, and find family environmental variables related to home management behavior and communication in the family. In order to clarify the above stated problems, the data were obtained from questionnaires with 68items. The selected sample is composed of 395 housewives in Pusan. SAS Computer System was used for the statistical analysis of the data. The results were as follow. (1) Home management behavior score showed 3.06(61.2%). Home management score of human-relationship was the highest, and that of house keeping was the lowest. (2) Home management behavior was influenced by educational level and scoioeconomic status. (3) Communication in family score showed 3.51(70.2%). Communication of housewife-husband score was lower than communication of housewife-children. (4) Communication in the family was influenced by housewives'age, educational level, numbers of children, duration of marriage and socio-economic status. (5) There were positive relation between home management behavior and communication in the family. (6) Influential variables related to home management behavior were communication in the family.